South Island marinas and the marine economy

The Oak Bay Marine Group is selling its three Vancouver Island resorts — Painter’s Lodge at Campbell River, April Point Resort and Spa on nearby Quadra Island, and Canadian Princess Lodge in Ucluelet.

The properties are being marketed through Colliers International. No asking prices have been made public. The resorts will remain open for business.

“The hope is that a buyer will come forward who shares the goal of providing exceptional vacation experiences — one who will operate the resorts with the same mix of tradition, vision and passion that our current staff exemplify,” Brook Castelsky, chief operating officer, said in a statement Friday.

Bob Wright, who died in 2013, owned the resorts as part of his Beach Drive-based Oak Bay Marine Group.

A strong advocate of sport fishing, Wright played a key role in attracting international attention to the Campbell River area, dubbed the salmon capital of the world, and in promoting B.C. tourism. The resorts were Wright’s dream and passion.

You are being very polite when you say that. I remember his favorite saying "business is business, friendship is $%^&^%$"

Bob gave 11 million dollars to the University of Victoria and then had the Centre for Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences named in his honour, making this the largest living gift ever to the University of Victoria.